Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin pushes back the antiquity of iron, placing the iron age at 5,300 years ago.
When jingoism reigns supreme, science takes a backseat. The recent announcement by Chief Minister M. K. Stalin that Iron Age ...
Tamil Nadu's archaeological milestones in 2025 include the discovery of the Indus Valley script and ancient iron usage.
Beyond the political theatrics, the report reflects the hard work of archaeologists. It deserves open-minded academic scrutiny.
Iron Age in Tamil Nadu may have begun around 3,345 BCE, a thousand years earlier than previously believed, new carbon dating from burial urns in Sivagalai reveals. This challenges the notion that ...
Recent Radiometric Dates from Tamil Nadu’ in Chennai, Stalin said he was making the remarkable anthropological announcement, not only to India but to the whole world, that the “Iron Age began ...
With recent findings on the Iron Age creating excitement among archaeologists and scholars worldwide, Tamil Nadu has charted ...
Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday claimed that the “iron age” began in southern India 5,300 years ago, contesting accumulated archaeological evidence indicating that iron smelting ...
“I am announcing a great anthropological research declaration through this event that the Iron Age began in Tamil Nadu,” Stalin said at an event in Chennai to release a 73-page report by the ...
Recent carbon dating of samples from burial urns in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district suggests the Iron Age could well have begun in the state. As per the study, Iron Age began at least 1,000 years ...
Long before Rome, before China's Iron Age, Tamil Nadu was already forging some of the world's finest swords. New ...